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November 05, 2009 10:55 AM EST
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When I was at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens last month I was happy to see so many roses in bloom. Many of the companion plants were no longer in bloom but that didn't subtract from the beauty of . . .
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November 04, 2009 11:17 AM EST
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I've suffered from headaches all of my adult life. They're ranged from daily morning headaches that seemed to come from the sinus area, to sharp, knee-buckling migraines that could only be assuaged . . .
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October 26, 2009 11:02 AM EDT
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I've never been to the desert and when I stepped into this building at the Franklin Park Conservatory I felt like I was visiting another planet. I have no idea what any of these things are but they are . . .
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October 22, 2009 08:46 PM EDT
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Several weeks ago we decided to drive up the Swan Valley. Magi told me that the Valley was a "tourist paradise" with wineries, orchards, and unique cafes and shops. Although we did stop and . . .
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October 21, 2009 07:59 PM EDT
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Years ago I went to Port Angeles, Washington to visit my sister, Jeannie and to record a children's music album. My brother-in-law, Rick, was the engineer, and their children also performed . . .
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October 21, 2009 12:08 AM EDT
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Today was a gorgeous fall day. When I was done with work, Deb and I decided to take advantage of the warm late day light. Camera in hand, we explored a favorite spot, Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. . . .
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October 20, 2009 06:55 PM EDT
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does anyone know how to over winter a yellow shrimp plant , pachystachys lutea ? it's not hardy here in wisconsin and my mom asked me to try to over winter it for her.
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October 20, 2009 03:00 PM EDT
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I can't jet off to a Pacific island but thanks to the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus, Ohio I was able to pretend that I did last week. The conservatory has scattered Dale Chihuly's beautiful handblown . . .
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October 18, 2009 08:37 AM EDT
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One of the most beautiful national parks in Southwest Australia is the Leeuwin-Naturaliste on the Indian Ocean. Here you will find pristine, white beaches hidden in small coves beneath dramatic, . . .
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October 13, 2009 10:30 PM EDT
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Just visited an organic ginger farm today in preparation for an article about growing ginger in Hawaii and learned a lot of new things ...........I also learned some things about turmeric and will . . .
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October 13, 2009 10:01 PM EDT
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The sky was cloudy and threatened rain, the weather cool. Only three of us showed up for our fall Saturday morning hiking class. One fellow hiker had a plumbing emergency. The others were traveling. It . . .
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October 09, 2009 05:03 PM EDT
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Please welcome my very dear friend and author to Gather. I know she plans to do live blog chats in the future. Her name is Kimberly Blackadar and she is author of Nothing But Trouble . . .
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October 07, 2009 09:46 PM EDT
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Beginning each spring in Western Australia's Stirling Range, a fabulous carpet of wildflowers unrolls, including types found nowhere else on earth. July to October is peak flowering season. With . . .
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October 04, 2009 08:46 PM EDT
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In answer to the call for assistance put to me by a friend, fellow member and fellow past Co-Chair of the Farm Advisory Committee at the annual fall open house event, I traveled the 40 or so miles to . . .
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October 02, 2009 10:20 AM EDT
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Yesterday we had a full day of traveling to Pinjara, Dwellingup and Holyoake, all communities in the foothills of the jarah and kari forests southeast of Perth. All places, that at one time or another, . . .
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September 30, 2009 08:41 PM EDT
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Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) growing in the prairie at Chicago Botanic Garden, July 3, 2009
I ran across this photo of butterfly weed as I cleaned out my iPhoto . . .
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September 28, 2009 01:24 AM EDT
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John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914)
The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. ~ John Muir . . .
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September 20, 2009 07:30 PM EDT
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So easily I forget the gentle place from where all good springs.
It is not a place of epic proportions, in fact, it is small and sometimes well hidden.
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September 20, 2009 06:57 AM EDT
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Western Australia is famed for its wildflowers, which bloom from August to October. Even some of the driest regions put on a technicolor display after just a little rainfall. This month Perth . . .
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September 18, 2009 08:02 PM EDT
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Early Sunday morning Magi and I headed once more to Lesmurdie to Lion's Lookout to view the early morning light on Perth. Then we traveled over to Carmel to the Rose Garden to view their spring . . .
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